hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. it's thanksgiving so sit back and relax and enjoyfá a veryfá special thanksgiving show "right this minute." >> talk about a reason to be thankful. >> photographer jackie, is thankful she has añ head of hea. >> the video of her hair on fire went viral. meet her. >> meet the hair dress sneer and angry turkey is pacing outside her house. >> he's a watchdog turkey. >> beware if you cross him. it's thanksgivin'ññ#or the

holidays. ♪ uh-oh oh, it's thanksging >> we've also got the thursday buzz word to win a new ipad, plus afá pumpkin pie eaten backward and the perfect mix if your relatives are driving you to drink. >> th lookspy xdthanksgiving. >> it's thanksgiving day, guys. we're thankful for all sorts of things. photographer jackie, is thankful she still has head of hair. i think you remember this story. it was burned in our memory. here's jackie at the beautiful wedding of murray and emma and she's snapping away and got too close to a candle and her hair went on fire. goes off screen, one of the groomsmen comes to help. everybody in the wedding seems to have a good chuckle about this. jackie is a total trooper. she kept shooting. we had a lot of questions when we first learned about this story. we have jackie joining us "right

this minute" from south africa. how are you? more importantly, how is your hair holding up? >> luckily, one of my friends is an amazing hairdresser and he gave it a good chock and conditioning and i will live toñ tale another ta tell another tale. >> did you feel heat? >> i was so engrossed in what i was doing, i didn't. >> how much hair did you end up losing? >> i would say a good chunk. but it needed a trim. >> how did the bride handle this, that you got a lot of attention on her special day? good laugh about it. you don't see, okay, sort of thing, enjoy the rest of her wedding. >> did the d.j. play "this girl is on fire" by alicia keys. ♪ >> did you get more business because of this? >> i have had a lot of people

contacting me. i've put myself in extreme situations. one of many memorable occasionsñ >> it's officially the season of the turkey. i think at this çóhouse, everyd is turkey season. see that big giant turkey at the front stoop of this house? giant turkey does not like visitors. this is a watchdog turkey, if you will. >> don't ask. >> i already did! >> this turkey chases this guy the guy is not excited. pretty scared of this giant turkey. >> holy cow. >> they're kind of better than a watchdog. silent but deadly. >> this turkey snuck up behind him and started piecking at him.

>> it's like turkey's gone wild video, reminds me of that person being chased by a turkey. >> according to this guy who was the star of this video, he was heading to this house to get hunting permission. this turkey is like, uh-huh. you're not getting permission to shoot me, dude. don't you like his matrix jackie chan move he kicked up and jerked that claw out. >> kung fu turkey. >> so your thanksgiving dinner is all set, turkey looking good. have both kinds of cranberry, potatoes are good until your uncle jerry shows up with weird import beers. you don't have an opener. what do youñ do? leave it to our fáfriends, beer edition. they will show us six different ways to open up non-twist off beers. the first one we've seen before,

no surprise here, just a countertop. >> place it on the hard edge that won't be damaged. give the bottle a hard tap right onton. there it goes. >> next, the key almost like a pry method. >> tap out three or 4 and push up hard. >> that was simple. everybody has a key. >> how about opening a beer with another beer? >> flip it up upside down and connect the caps at the seam. leverage the bottle upside down and continue your journey to happiness. >> you like the ones that show you're a real man and you know how to open a beer no matter what the circumstance. >> take some currency until it's hard to bend and place the bottle under the knuckle of the cap andxd make it rain. >> can't say i've seen that before. fold it up a ton until it's very tough and use that as a pry method to pop the top.

>> two more using a handle from a drawer. >> ta da! >> last but not least the lighter. use the lighter and flick the cap across the room. >> think we need to practice these, get a couple beers on set. can we get some beers over here, guys? >> time for the "right this minute" ipad 3 give away. we have winners. >> bob hitchcock from columbia station, ohio won. he says 'll use the ipad for surfing the web from his easy chair. cynthia from pascagoula, mississippi watches the show everyday and will use it to keep in touch with her grandkids. >> it's thursday and you will have a chance to win. >> we will give you the buzz word in just a bit. >> you have to be 18 years ofcp& age for your chance to win. >> stand by forxd the buzz word. good luck, everybody. on this american holiday, nothing goes with turkey like

football. >> they throw the football. >> that's awesome! >> the turkey geeoes to play wi it. >> that turkey can move! >> if your football team is doing bad today, you need to dress this fellow. >> is this an actual pet turkey or a turkey they will keep for -- >> they're not playing with their food. this is a pet turkey. >> this is impressive. this is a talented turkey. >> do you think the turkey thinks the football is something, though? maybe a giant egg? maybe it's feeling maternal, feeling like it needs the -- to nest on it or something? i don't know. i'm impressed this turkey loves football. the internet is full of great turkey fry fails.

see the internet tip to avoid being part of that. >> wear shoes. i want to point that out as an important factor. >> practicing safe turkey frying next. >> we want to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving. >> that's thanksgiving [ bell ringing ] ♪ in a world where ♪ there is so much to see ♪ there's still no other place ♪ that i would rather, rather

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searchfá youtube for deep fried turkey. you're going to findñ dozens of videos like this. the failed videos, people that blow up their homes because they did it wrong. >> i'm sam sifton from the "new york times" and we will fry a turkey. >> he is going to show us? i will be wearing shoes and frying a turkey. that's all you have to do. >> the shoe factor. >> flip-flops, people burning their feet with hot oil because

it boils over. >> it's so easy, amazing people mess this up all the time. >> a lot of the problem is the overflowing oil. sam has a trick how not to have that happen. >> before, take your empty pot in your kitchen and fill the pot with water until it just comes over the topfá of the turkey. remove the turkey. see the water level? that's how much oil you want in the pot. >> displacement. >> that's all it is. we learn it in science class in 6th grade. >> he's outside on his porch where there's no roof. >> the other really bad thing people do with frying turkey, they put in a frozen turkey. >> the turkey needs to be thawed completely through. >> you shouldn't be frying turkeys. not good for your heart.

>> good for your mouth. >> the whole deep fried turkey. >> i don't know why, guys, i have a feeling atq dinner table across america this thanksgiving, this new song is going to be playing in the background. ♪ december was christmas jan waz new year's april was easter and the fourth of july was thanksgiving ♪ thanksgiving we we we're going to have a good time ♪ >> in case you couldn't tell, this song is called it's thanksgiving by nicole westbrook. my ears are bleeding. why do you do this stuff? >> it's thanksgiving. we we are going to have a good time. >> i'm physically uncomfortable

right now. >> see the new rebecca ack? >> funny you ask that because the much older guy in this video is actually patrice wilson, who produced this video and produced friday by rebecca black. >> ♪ friday, friday, got to get down on friday ♪ >> this guy figured out a formula that works. >> why make a pop song about thanksgiving? >> because there's not one. ♪ ♪ we we are going to have a good time ♪ >> green beans, yeah! >> i know what you guys are thinking. the song is pretty good but it needs a wrap. >> ♪ thanksgiving giving i'm trying to be sofá give iing we got to e have ♪ >> i hate my life right now. >> can't be -- >> look at the bright side. he's not sexing it up. >> ♪ we be laughing until we cry.

thanksgiving. >> fátalng about being thankful. >> use the drumstick as a microphone. to see all of anicole's video click on "best of rtm." we love videos. today, on thanksgiving, we're showing you some of the ones we're most thankful for. >> my favorite of all, brothers, prank and sisters. >> and our nation's future depends on what we do today to prepare

our young people for productive and fulfilling lives. all of us need to get involved to help kids stay focused and stay in school. we must become a nation of graduates. one way for you to help is to volunteer as a mentor. think of a mentor as a guide, someone who is there to listen, to offer encouragement and to help a young person stay on the path to success. each of our children has hopes and dreams for their future. help them get there. become a mentor.

happyxd asian thanksgiving. at least, that's what david and andrew want to tell you. >> we want to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving. specifically a happy asian thanksgiving. >> they want to do this because their parents were immigrants and they grew up first generation americans. >> our partisan became american citizens so we celebrated it differently. we relied on our american friends. >> they had to figure out what was this thanksgiving thing? >> wake upfá early to catch the macy's parade and then bikenb a 11:00 a.m. -- bake at 11:00 a.m. sharp and eat dinner at 5:00 p.m. and then the adults get drunk and wake up early for the

black friday sale! >> most americans that celebrate the traditional way do it like that and had observations. did hat traditional food at thanksgiving but the turkey was always dry and fried onions under baked. >> guess what they stuffed in the turkey? >> we came to appreciate how asian our thanksgiving was. we had pork and noodles and hot pockets. >> if it's cooked right, sticky rice is good. instead of asian, it was mexican. >> don't want to not have the holiday, it's delicious. they're doing their twist. >> no matter how different our food was, the real meaning stayed the same. spend time with family. basically we're saying have a happy asian thanksgiving and just give thanks. >> it's thanksgiving, of course, the day we gave thanks for what we're grateful for.

we've been talking about the videos that we're happy for? what are your soft spots. >> i'm grateful for the animal rescue videos, like this one in australia. they were out for a hike, ran across a mine shaft and they got a stick to save this kuala. once the kuala got to the top of the stick,fá all heck broke loo. >> this killed me, so hard to watch. >> it killed me. in the end, it was okay. at the end of the day, the kuala made it. i'm thankful for that. i'm also thankful for this dramatic sheep rescue in iceland. if you remember, these sheep were stranded after a storm for 19 days in the snow. people went up there to rescue al. >> that was crazy. remember what the sheep said, though? >> brrrr.

>> i'm not thankful for that. >> what about you, steven, last but not least? >> you guys may not know this about me. i am willing to admit it on thanksgiving. >> how about this fi guy on the beach, pretending to be an exterminating and really just water and people freak out. love my brothers and sisters. the dude dresses up like the scary internet mean slender man and totally freaks out his sister. [ yelling ]. after she realizes it's a prank, she's still not happy. she's upset. >> get out! get out! i can't have you doing this that was too much! >> i'm sure she's still not talking to him even today even for thanksgiving, she's still mad. >> no, just get away. i'm serious. >> to see what else we're

thankful for, head over to our website at rightthisminute.com. >> time for our buzz word and "right this minute" i-pad buzz word give away. >> somebody will be thankful for anñ ipad but you need a buzz word. >> remember, you 10 ter on other facebook page. if using a mobile phone or tablet, go to our first post and tab on the mobile link. >> here we go, the thanksgiving buzz word is cranberry. if you're not using a mobile device, click on win and ipad button. >> cranberry, c-r-a-n-b-e-r-r-y for your chance to winfá an ipa 3. the food's set. time now for steven's favorite thanksgiving drinks for the adults in the family. >> wait. is this real alcohol? this is real alcohol? >> yeah. >> see what he's making and

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on this turkey day, all i want to say is thank you, servicemen, for this video. they decided to do a parody version of the miami dolphins cheerleader video. ♪ hey, i just met you this is crazy but here's my number ♪ ♪ so call me maybe >> i love it because these men are gorgeous and brave.

but bringing their inner femme fatale for this video. >> they did the exact moves. >> theyfáfá did thersame shots cho choreography. >> i love how they worked with what they've got.fá don't have a jupgle so throwing up smoke. >> it will be coming out of that base loop for months. >> they have their weapons and set one off. to all our siftsmen, thank you so very much for your service. >> you know what you will eat on thanksgiving, what will you drink? i'm here to help, guys. bring in the goods, my friends. i am going to show you what i've been making my family nor years on thanksgiving. my thanksgiving cocktail of choice. is this real alcohol? this is real alcohol. >> yeah! >> we've been wanting to drink

on this show since day one. >> here's the deal. i used to be a bartender. that's where i learned this. it's a classic drink. you've heard of it before. it's old school and the colors of thanksgiving. brown, orange, red, añi gentleman's drink. >> manhattan? >> no, not the manhattan. old-fashioned. simple ingredients but you have to do prep to do it right. one little bit of orange. mer merochina cherry. >> that's big! snow an you smash it together. it's a syrupy case. this is the secret ingredients. aromatic bitters. you can pick this up atthe liquor store or grocery store, if it sells alcohol and it is strong stuff.

>> this is when you make cool kfrl conversation with people at the bar, what's up, girl. all right. different recipes call for rye whiskey. we're using mr. jim bean. >> that's the only thing in the mixer is a squished up orange? >> is this a shot or sipping drink? >> sipping drink. >> i love that you would consider this to be a shot. >> after all this work, it better not be a shot. hold it up. when you hold it up, this looks like thanksgiving. it has the colors and brown. looks like my shirt. cheers, happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving! >> this is beeating a whole

pumpkin pie backwards. in reverse, rewind mode. that means the calories don't count! >> weird. >> not just one piece of pie. did he eat the whole pie? >> the whole pumpkin pie. >> that is a feat in itself. the entire pumpkin pie. >> it's so weird, right? >> he's pulling the slices of pumpkin pie out of his mouth. >> he's only taken a couple slices of pie out of his mouth. >> keep watching and enjoy t rest of your thanksgiving. thank you for joining